CASPER — The Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame (WCHF) has selected 23 inductees for the Class of 2025. The WCHF State Board of Directors voted on the nominees from across the state during its annual meeting April 26. The 12th annual induction ceremony will be at the Ramkota Hotel in Casper, Sept. 16 and 27. It is open to the public.  

Regional committees in 10 different areas of Wyoming researched and scored over 50 nominations and sent the top picks to the WCHF State Board of Directors. The state board also selected several nominees.  

Formed for historical, cultural, literary, and educational purposes, WCHF's chief goal is “To preserve, promote, perpetuate, publish and document Wyoming’s working cowboy and ranching history through researching, profiling and honoring individuals who broke the first trails and introduced that culture to this state.  WCHF plans to collect, display and preserve the stories, photos and artifacts of such individuals and anything else that will honor and highlight their contributions to our history.” 

WCHF Class of 2025: 

Region 1 –  

Campbell County – Earl “Tut” Camblin, Gillette 

Crook County – Dave Graham, Moorcroft  

Weston County – Samuel “Sammy” Everett Sewell, Newcastle 

Region 2 –  

Niobrara County – A.D. Flores Kruse, Lusk 

Region 3 – 

Albany County – Jerry Martin Kennedy, Rock River 

Laramie County – Angus McPhee, Cheyenne  

Region 4 – 

Converse County – Lee Moore, Douglas  

Region 5 – 

Johnson County – Wayne Graves, Kaycee; and Sonny Jarrard, Kaycee 

Sheridan County – Dave
Clarendon, Banner  

Region 6 – 

Washakie County – Eldon Leithead, Worland 

Big Horn County – Kay Bischoff Hopkin, Lovell 

Region 7 – 

Carbon County – James Felix Johnson, Encampment  

Sweetwater County – Orson Nathan Behunin & Christena Isabela Stagowski Behunin, Burntfork  

Region 8 – 

Fremont County – Jack C. Malmberg, Lander; and John P. Finley, Dubois 

Hot Springs County – Frank J. Rhodes, Cody 

Region 9 – None 

Region 10 – 

Sublette County – Gerry Dean Endecott, Pinedale; Marvin Wardell, Big Piney; Garland Swain, Pinedale; Jesse Earl Chase, Big Piney; and Luke Algeroy Osterhout, Big Piney 

Teton County – Chris Feuz Young, Moran  

The WCHF Board is comprised of one member from each of the state’s ten regions. To learn more about the WCHF visit wyomingcowboyhalloffame.org.

Contributions to support the mission of the WCHF are always accepted and appreciated.